Name Title Prof. R.R. Schrock ( MIT, USA) How to Prepare Thousands of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts that Have High Activities and that are Asymmetric at the Metal Prof. J.A. Dumesic (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Catalytic Production of Liquid Fuels from Biomass-derived Oxygenated Hydrocarbons Prof. T. Tatsumi (Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan) New designs of zeolite catalysts for green chemical processes Prof. J.K. Nørskov (TU of Denmark, Denmark) A molecular view of heterogeneous catalysis Prof. R. Prins ETH (Zurich, Switzerland) Does catalysis allow driving a car as well as having clean air? Dr. P. van Berge (SASOL, South Africa) The development and commercialization of a supported cobalt Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst for the gas-to-liquids process Plenary lecturer from industry will be decided soon.   Name Title Prof. M. A. Barteau (Univ. of Delaware) Fundamental Approaches to Catalyst Design for Selectivity: Lessons from Olefin Epoxidation Prof. K. Domen (Univ. of Tokyo) Recent Progress of Overall Water Splitting on Heterogeneous Photocatalysts Dr. J. Holmgren (UOP) Biofuels : Unlocking the Potential Prof. G. Hutchings (Cardiff University ) Recent advances in selective catalysis using supported gold nanoparticles Prof. W. Kaminsky (Univ. of Hamburg) Tailored polyolefins and nanocomposite materials by metallocene catalysis Prof. H. H. Kung (Northwestern Univ.) Cooperative effects in novel catalytic structures and environment Prof. J. A. Lercher (TU München ) Activation of alkanes via bifunctional catalysis on solid acids Dr. S. H. Oh  (GM) Challenges and research needs in future automotive emission control: Industrial perspective Prof. R. Ryoo (KAIST) Hierarchical zeolites for catalytic application Prof. R. Schloegl (Fritz-Haber-Institute) Dynamics of oxidation catalysts Prof. G. A. Somorjai (UC-Berkeley) Selectivity in Catalytic Conversion of Hydrocarbons by Control of Metal Nanoparticle Size (1-10 nm) Shape and Composition   Name Title Dr. Jorge Ancheyta Comparison of Co-current and Counter-current Hydrotreating Reactors by Means of Mathematical Modeling and Simulation Prof. X. Bao (DICP) Mono-dispersed bimetallic Pt-Fe catalyst supported over nano-sized silica spheres for PROX at room temperature Prof. G. Centi (Univ. of Messina) Nano-reactor engineering of catalytic surfaces Prof. R. J. Davis (University of Virginia) Selective oxidation catalyzed by supported Au and Au-Pd nanoparticles Prof. H. Freund (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Metal Atoms and Clusters on Oxide Surfaces with Designable Electronic Properties: Model Systems for Catalysis Prof. K. P. de Jong (Utrecht Univ.) Carbon Nanofibers and Carbon Nanotubes for Catalysts and Sorbents Prof. S. Kasztelan Hydrotreating or Carbon as a Hydrogen Carrier for Transportation Fuels Prof. Can Li (DICP) Heterogeneous chiral catalysis on surfaces, in nanopores and with emulsions Prof. W. F. Maier (Univ. Saarlands) Highly Selective Catalysts for Methanation, Reforming and Oxidation Reactions Prof. G. B. Marin (Ghent Univ.) Kinetics as a tool for catalyst design Prof. T. Maschmeyer (Univ. Sydney) Hierarchically structured composite materials for the photocatalytic splitting of water with visible light Prof. N. Mizuno (Univ. of Tokyo) Fine control of structures and functions of polyoxometalates and the application to selective oxidation catalysis Prof. Y. Okamoto (Shimane Univ.) Molecular design and characterization of hydrodesulfurization catalysts for cleaner fuels. Prof. S. T. Oyama (Virginia Tech) New Concepts in Catalytic Membrane Reactor Science Dr. C. Peden (PNNL) The use of ultra high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the surface structure of poorly crystalline - Al2O3 surfaces Prof. C. Song (Penn. State Univ.) New design concepts for sulfur-tolerant noble-metal catalysts for ultra clean fuels Dr. Mizuki Tada (The University of Tokyo) Direct Phenol Synthesis from Benzene/O2 on Supported Re Catalysts Prof. M. Terano (JAIST) Effects of Molecular Dispersion States of Surface Ti Species on Various Olefin Polymerization Properties Prof. W. Ueda (Hokkaido Univ.) Zeolitic crystalline Mo3VOx oxides active for catalytic selective oxidation Prof. Jacques Vedrine (UPMC) Role of local defects in propane oxidative dehydrogenation over Nd doped alkaline earth oxides Prof. B. Viswanathan (IIT-Madras) The role of tungsten carbide as support for Pt in electrochemical reactions Dr. Y. Wang (PNNL) Preparation and characterization of nanodispersed early transition metal oxide catalysts on mesoporous silica Prof. B. Weckhuysen (Utrecht Univ.) New catalytic chemistry with lanthanum-based heterogeneous catalysts: From destruction of chlorinated hydrocarbons to the synthesis of valuable chemicals Prof. J. C. S. Wu (National Taiwan University) Photo-selective catalytic reduction of NO in an optical-fiber photoreactor